09-6-2009 - From my point of view --Autism--

My mood while writing this blog: Ok

(Please do not discriminate, post mean comments, please do understand we are all mothers, who face different situations... and here is mine)

These last few weeks have been rough.. Friday we went to Pittsburgh Hospital and we got the final diagnoses of Autism.. which I knew from the beginning that's what it was and other people were telling me different. Well I am with my son from the time he is up till he sleeps... i know how he acts!

From my point of view, I firmly believe his MMR shot has caused this. Only mothers who kids have autism would agree.. or maybe not but let me explain why I believe this!

Kyle was a very healthy baby weighing in at 8lbs. 4oz. He crawled at 4 months old and walked on his own fully at 9 months old. Talked up until 15 months old. He used to have a vocabulary of at least 15 words by 12 months old. He used to look me in the eye.. he used to tell me what he wanted and most of all used to refer to me as mama or daddy as dada.. Now that is all the past and we are dealing with a kid who throws a million temper tantrums a day.. a child who screams and wants OUT of a store when we are shopping. We are no longer able to eat out as a family or shop as a family since he was 15 months old.

When did he get his MMR shot? 7-11-08 (exactly 15 months old) Like come on.. isn't that obvious! Every mother that I have come across and every case that I have seen (research) MANY parents see a change in their child around 12-15 months old, when the MMR shot is generally given. Science does NOT LINK autism to the MMR, why? $$$ that's all it is $$$. Think about it for a second...

People who do not vaccinate their kids are hardly sick... We vaccinate our kids and they get colds, ear infections, brochitis (at young ages).. Yea they are said to PREVENT diseases.. but back when It was NORMAL to get the chicken pox,... not be given a shot to prevent it because NOTHING is preventable!Parents need to investigate before they decide to jab these kids with fillers that are in our vaccines. Have you done research? Did you know that shots are filled with animal blood, human fetal tissue, and live viruses. Yes I said it, live viruses.. Which is ok but what's the difference from getting the chicken pox or the measles and treating it, than getting the vaccine? Nothing! our body is capable of fighting off diseases and infections. The big controversal issue.. MERCURY! Yes there is still mercury in flu shots.. and they give this to pregnant ladies too.. i am not trying to scare anymore or stare a big immature debate but it's the facts that people do not tell u! IN 2000, the whoever people (FDA or CDC) suggested to LOWER the mercury that are present in shots; This word 'lower' does not mean completely REMOVE mercury, just lower the dose. In exchange, they added more aluminum.

I am just so upset at the whole pharmacutical industry.. they make BILLIONS of dollars for making these shots. Until your child has a side effect, or a deadly reaction to a shot.. then you will realize.

How did I realize? The hard way!! My son is not the same.. he is a completely different person. Doctors need to see that ONE SIZE does not fit ALL. Think about it.. take baby A and baby B. Both babies are born the same day, completely healthy, but one is born with a low immune system and the other is born normal. These doctors do not know that Baby A has a low immune system but gives it the same shots as Baby B. What's wrong with this? Baby A will not know how to fight it off, it will get sick and giving kids tylenol just lowers their immune system even more.. don't u ever wonder why dr's say to give tylenol before shots?

This is just like kids with autism vs. kids with no autism. Kids with autism are shown to have 'leaky guts' and problems inside and these doctors then administrate shots which then contributes to autism. The reason why they are not saying the MMR shot causes this or any shot is becaue every child who has these shots do not get autism. WHY? we all have different DNA of course and our bodies react differently to different shots.

What's next?

Kyle has an appointment in Pittsburgh again Tuesday. This day we are seeing a nutritionist and in Sept we are to go back and see the dr there. I will let everyone know Kyle's progress. We have him on the GFCF diet now for almost a month. Well a few days ago he quit eating all together. I have also cut out bananas as I seen a change in him after that banana. He has behaving very well at home but out in public is a different story.. let me explain.

Kids with autism feel that when their stimuli is overloaded they are to throw a temper tantrum because this is their only way of communicating. Kyle does the same. Kids with autism have sensitive ears. Therefore the florescent blubs that buzz, is just a noise to us, but to my son, it hurts his ears.. all them people in the store is TOO much for him to handle. This expalins why he acts up the moment we step into a store. My husband is then forced to drag Kyle out of the store and having everyone stair which bugs the crap out of me! One lady said "He must not be happy in this store" and another went on to say "take control of him". Kids with autism do not know how to control how they feel, let alone trying to communicate. So out in public I now stand up for my son, I say " He has autism, and he is not bad, this is how he reacts to you and the noise"

What would you do if you were stuck in a room full of spiders and bugs... scream and yell and try to get out right? Well this is how our kids with Autism feel.. so before you discriminate.. keep to yourself. I feel as tho I am obligated to speak up now and say that I no longer vaccinate my kids. People have their own opinions but I have my own too. I talked to my kids pediatrician about this yesteday, well it was the PA who was in. She said she does Highly recommend me to continue vaccines but it's my choice and that the office will continue to see my kids regardless, I just have to sign a waiver form. I feel relieved now, I feel less forced, I feel like I have a say now. I always though vaccines were a MUST, A LAW! But that's a LIE. I am still able to get my kids into public schooling, with a simple notirized note.. did you know that?

I have a lot of anger inside me like no one would imagine. YES autism is PREVENTABLE! How do I know?? Think about it...

And yes my Son will recover.. I will track his progress on here. Recover does not mean CURE.. There are triggers that I will find out as I go on in life with him.. but for now patience is all I need.

God Bless all them mothers who can relate to me... We will fight this awful epidemic... there has to be something contributing to it!